McGuffey's First [-sixth] Eclectic Reader, Volume 4American Book Company, 1920 - Readers |
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Annie asked beautiful berries bird born brother brown thrush Celia Thaxter child clouds composition creeping cried Daniel DeFoe dear DEFINITIONS.-1 door eagle EXERCISES.-What eyes father feet flowers Fred Frisk George George Jones giraffe give ground hand happy Harry head hear heard heart horse Hugh idle Inchcape Rock INCORRECT Isles of Shoals Jennie John kite laugh lesson lion little girl live looked Lucy Larcom mare Margery mill monkey morning mother neighbor Derby never night Old Oaken Bucket Piccola poor Samuel Woodworth sandpiper SARAH ROBERTS seemed side smile snow soon sound storm story string SUBVOCALS Susie sweet tell thee things thou thought to-morrow Toil told tree turned Uncle Uncle Ben vocal voice whipcord whispered wind window wonderful words young
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Page 200 - Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
Page 200 - Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent...
Page 198 - Lord thine oaths; but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne; nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; neither by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay; for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Page 129 - I watch him as he skims along, Uttering his sweet and mournful cry; He starts not at my fitful song, Or flash of fluttering drapery; He has no thought of any wrong; He scans me with a fearless eye. Stanch friends are we, well tried and strong, The little sandpiper and I. Comrade, where wilt thou be to-night When the loosed storm breaks furiously ? My driftwood fire will burn so bright! To what warm shelter canst thou fly ? I do not fear for thee, though wroth The tempest rushes through the sky; For...
Page 199 - ... that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven; for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same ? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so ? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Page 129 - Like silent ghosts in misty shrouds , Stand out the white light-houses high. Almost as far as eye can reach I see the close-reefed vessels fly, As fast we flit along the beach, One little sandpiper and I.
Page 199 - Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
Page 243 - No stir in the air, no stir in the sea, The ship was as still as she could be ; Her sails from heaven received no motion, Her keel was steady in the ocean. Without either sign or sound of their shock The waves flowed over the Inchcape Rock ; So little they rose, so little they fell, They did not move the Inchcape Bell. The...
Page 182 - ... bell began to ring, and then in the face of the whole room knelt down to pray. Not five words could he say — the bell mocked him; he was listening for every whisper in the room — what were they all thinking of him? He was ashamed to go on kneeling, ashamed to rise from his knees. At last, as it were from his inmost heart, a still small voice seemed to breathe forth the words of the publican, " God be merciful to me a sinner...
Page 198 - AND seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.